Student Spotlight: Erin Blair

Erin BlairMajor: Psychology

Erin Blair wasn’t happy with her experience at a four-year university and made the
switch to College of DuPage.

“COD was much closer to home than the school I attended previously and had classes
that fit well in my schedule,” she said. “Not only are there more sections of each
class, but the classes are also offered at multiple times of day. Balancing a job
and school, this variety of choice in my classes was great.”

Blair finished her coursework at COD and transferred to Benedictine University, where
she graduated cum laude in 2013 with her bachelor’s in Psychology. She would like
to work as a school psychologist or in family psychology and is currently considering
her options for both work and a master’s program.

“I like the idea of being able to help people and think psychology is a good way to
do that,” she said.

Blair believes COD was the best choice she could have made to start toward achieving
her goals.

“They say COD is the ‘Value of a Lifetime’ and I would wholeheartedly agree,” she
said. “I was paying thousands of dollars a year to go to a four-year school that prided
itself on small class sizes, teachers who knew your name and a sense of community.
I didn’t have any of those things until I came to COD, and it was a fraction of the
price. The teachers are invested in helping you achieve and the classes I took were
small and personalized, not in a lecture hall or taught by a teacher’s aide.

“I finished my BA in exactly four years and graduated on time thanks to how easily
my COD classes transferred over. I know I received a quality education, and it wasn't
easy leaving COD behind!”

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